In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
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The most detestable race of enemies are flatterers.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.
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Even honor and virtue make enemies, condemning, as they do, their opposites by too close a contrast.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.
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An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.
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